Gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Gender of chief executive was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
18th
of 176 countries
All-time high
1
in 1979
All-time low
0
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1789–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 0 for gender of chief executive in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 237 years on record.
Over the whole period, gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 1 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1789.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0 | — |
| 1790 | 0 | — |
| 1791 | 0 | — |
| 1792 | 0 | — |
| 1793 | 0 | — |
| 1794 | 0 | — |
| 1795 | 0 | — |
| 1796 | 0 | — |
| 1797 | 0 | — |
| 1798 | 0 | — |
| 1799 | 0 | — |
| 1800 | 0 | — |
| 1801 | 0 | — |
| 1802 | 0 | — |
| 1803 | 0 | — |
| 1804 | 0 | — |
| 1805 | 0 | — |
| 1806 | 0 | — |
| 1807 | 0 | — |
| 1808 | 0 | — |
| 1809 | 0 | — |
| 1810 | 0 | — |
| 1811 | 0 | — |
| 1812 | 0 | — |
| 1813 | 0 | — |
| 1814 | 0 | — |
| 1815 | 0 | — |
| 1816 | 0 | — |
| 1817 | 0 | — |
| 1818 | 0 | — |
| 1819 | 0 | — |
| 1820 | 0 | — |
| 1821 | 0 | — |
| 1822 | 0 | — |
| 1823 | 0 | — |
| 1824 | 0 | — |
| 1825 | 0 | — |
| 1826 | 0 | — |
| 1827 | 0 | — |
| 1828 | 0 | — |
| 1829 | 0 | — |
| 1830 | 0 | — |
| 1831 | 0 | — |
| 1832 | 0 | — |
| 1833 | 0 | — |
| 1834 | 0 | — |
| 1835 | 0 | — |
| 1836 | 0 | — |
| 1837 | 0 | — |
| 1838 | 0 | — |
| 1839 | 0 | — |
| 1840 | 0 | — |
| 1841 | 0 | — |
| 1842 | 0 | — |
| 1843 | 0 | — |
| 1844 | 0 | — |
| 1845 | 0 | — |
| 1846 | 0 | — |
| 1847 | 0 | — |
| 1848 | 0 | — |
| 1849 | 0 | — |
| 1850 | 0 | — |
| 1851 | 0 | — |
| 1852 | 0 | — |
| 1853 | 0 | — |
| 1854 | 0 | — |
| 1855 | 0 | — |
| 1856 | 0 | — |
| 1857 | 0 | — |
| 1858 | 0 | — |
| 1859 | 0 | — |
| 1860 | 0 | — |
| 1861 | 0 | — |
| 1862 | 0 | — |
| 1863 | 0 | — |
| 1864 | 0 | — |
| 1865 | 0 | — |
| 1866 | 0 | — |
| 1867 | 0 | — |
| 1868 | 0 | — |
| 1869 | 0 | — |
| 1870 | 0 | — |
| 1871 | 0 | — |
| 1872 | 0 | — |
| 1873 | 0 | — |
| 1874 | 0 | — |
| 1875 | 0 | — |
| 1876 | 0 | — |
| 1877 | 0 | — |
| 1878 | 0 | — |
| 1879 | 0 | — |
| 1880 | 0 | — |
| 1881 | 0 | — |
| 1882 | 0 | — |
| 1883 | 0 | — |
| 1884 | 0 | — |
| 1885 | 0 | — |
| 1886 | 0 | — |
| 1887 | 0 | — |
| 1888 | 0 | — |
| 1889 | 0 | — |
| 1890 | 0 | — |
| 1891 | 0 | — |
| 1892 | 0 | — |
| 1893 | 0 | — |
| 1894 | 0 | — |
| 1895 | 0 | — |
| 1896 | 0 | — |
| 1897 | 0 | — |
| 1898 | 0 | — |
| 1899 | 0 | — |
| 1900 | 0 | — |
| 1901 | 0 | — |
| 1902 | 0 | — |
| 1903 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | 0 | — |
| 1905 | 0 | — |
| 1906 | 0 | — |
| 1907 | 0 | — |
| 1908 | 0 | — |
| 1909 | 0 | — |
| 1910 | 0 | — |
| 1911 | 0 | — |
| 1912 | 0 | — |
| 1913 | 0 | — |
| 1914 | 0 | — |
| 1915 | 0 | — |
| 1916 | 0 | — |
| 1917 | 0 | — |
| 1918 | 0 | — |
| 1919 | 0 | — |
| 1920 | 0 | — |
| 1921 | 0 | — |
| 1922 | 0 | — |
| 1923 | 0 | — |
| 1924 | 0 | — |
| 1925 | 0 | — |
| 1926 | 0 | — |
| 1927 | 0 | — |
| 1928 | 0 | — |
| 1929 | 0 | — |
| 1930 | 0 | — |
| 1931 | 0 | — |
| 1932 | 0 | — |
| 1933 | 0 | — |
| 1934 | 0 | — |
| 1935 | 0 | — |
| 1936 | 0 | — |
| 1937 | 0 | — |
| 1938 | 0 | — |
| 1939 | 0 | — |
| 1940 | 0 | — |
| 1941 | 0 | — |
| 1942 | 0 | — |
| 1943 | 0 | — |
| 1944 | 0 | — |
| 1945 | 0 | — |
| 1946 | 0 | — |
| 1947 | 0 | — |
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 1 | — |
| 1980 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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- 18 Albania 0
- 18 Algeria 0
- 18 Angola 0
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- 18 Armenia 0
- 18 Australia 0 compare
- 18 Austria 0 compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 0
- 18 Bahrain 0
- 18 Bangladesh 0 compare
- 18 Belarus 0 compare
- 18 Belgium 0 compare
- 18 Benin 0
- 18 Bhutan 0
- 18 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 compare
- 18 Botswana 0
- 18 Brazil 0 compare
- 18 Bulgaria 0 compare
- 18 Burkina Faso 0
- 18 Burundi 0 compare
- 18 Cambodia 0
- 18 Cameroon 0
- 18 Canada 0
- 18 Cape Verde 0
- 18 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 18 Chad 0
- 18 Chile 0 compare
- 18 China 0 compare
- 18 Colombia 0
- 18 Comoros 0
- 18 Congo 0
- 18 Costa Rica 0 compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 0
- 18 Croatia 0 compare
- 18 Cuba 0
- 18 Cyprus 0
- 18 Czechia 0
- 18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0
- 18 Djibouti 0
- 18 Dominican Republic 0
- 18 Timor-Leste 0
- 18 Ecuador 0
- 18 Egypt 0
- 18 El Salvador 0 compare
- 18 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 18 Eritrea 0
- 18 Estonia 0 compare
- 18 Eswatini 0 compare
- 18 Ethiopia 0 compare
- 18 Fiji 0
- 18 Finland 0 compare
- 18 France 0 compare
- 18 Gabon 0
- 18 Gambia 0
- 18 Georgia 0
- 18 Germany 0 compare
- 18 Ghana 0
- 18 Greece 0
- 18 Guatemala 0
- 18 Guinea 0
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 18 Guyana 0 compare
- 18 Haiti 0 compare
- 18 Hong Kong, China 0 compare
- 18 Hungary 0
- 18 India 0 compare
- 18 Indonesia 0 compare
- 18 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0
- 18 Iraq 0
- 18 Ireland 0
- 18 Israel 0 compare
- 18 Jamaica 0 compare
- 18 Jordan 0
- 18 Kazakhstan 0 compare
- 18 Kenya 0
- 18 Kuwait 0
- 18 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0
- 18 Lebanon 0
- 18 Lesotho 0
- 18 Liberia 0 compare
- 18 Libya 0
- 18 Luxembourg 0 compare
- 18 Madagascar 0 compare
- 18 Malawi 0 compare
- 18 Malaysia 0
- 18 Maldives 0
- 18 Mali 0
- 18 Malta 0
- 18 Mauritania 0
- 18 Mauritius 0
- 18 Republic of Moldova 0 compare
- 18 Mongolia 0
- 18 Montenegro 0
- 18 Morocco 0
- 18 Mozambique 0
- 18 Myanmar 0
- 18 Netherlands 0 compare
- 18 New Zealand 0 compare
- 18 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 18 Niger 0
- 18 Nigeria 0
- 18 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 compare
- 18 North Macedonia 0
- 18 Norway 0 compare
- 18 Oman 0
- 18 Pakistan 0 compare
- 18 Palestine, State of 0
- 18 Panama 0 compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 0
- 18 Paraguay 0
- 18 Peru 0 compare
- 18 Philippines 0 compare
- 18 Poland 0 compare
- 18 Portugal 0 compare
- 18 Qatar 0
- 18 Romania 0 compare
- 18 Russian Federation 0 compare
- 18 Rwanda 0
- 18 Sao Tome and Principe 0 compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 0
- 18 Senegal 0
- 18 Serbia 0 compare
- 18 Seychelles 0
- 18 Sierra Leone 0
- 18 Singapore 0
- 18 Slovakia 0 compare
- 18 Slovenia 0 compare
- 18 Solomon Islands 0
- 18 Somalia 0
- 18 South Africa 0
- 18 Republic of Korea 0 compare
- 18 South Sudan 0
- 18 Spain 0
- 18 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 18 Sudan 0
- 18 Sweden 0 compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 0
- 18 Taiwan, China 0 compare
- 18 Tajikistan 0
- 18 Thailand 0 compare
- 18 Togo 0
- 18 Tunisia 0
- 18 Türkiye 0 compare
- 18 Turkmenistan 0
- 18 Uganda 0
- 18 United Arab Emirates 0
- 18 United States of America 0
- 18 Uruguay 0
- 18 Uzbekistan 0
- 18 Vanuatu 0
- 18 Holy See 0
- 18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0
- 18 Viet Nam 0
- 18 Yemen 0
- 18 Zambia 0
- 18 Zimbabwe 0
More gender data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 11,226 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.9161 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 335,907 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 353,938 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 340,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 359,075 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 343,706 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 361,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 347,350 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 365,727 (2025)
All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Gender of chief executive in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender of chief executive recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1979.
- What is the lowest gender of chief executive recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1789.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for gender of chief executive?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender of chief executive. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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